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westernFestivals节日 Festivals WesternFestivals January新年 元旦 NewYear sDayFebruary情人节 v l nta n Valentine sDayMarch复活节EasterDayApril愚人节AllFool sDayMay母亲节Mother sDayJune父亲节Father sDayJulyAugustSeptemberOctober万圣夜 h l i n HalloweenNovember感恩节ThanksgivingDayDecember圣诞节ChristmasDay Itisthefirstdayofthewholeyear andit sthefirstdayofJanuary NewYear sDay元旦 新年 onthe1stofJanuary putonnewclothes say Happynewyear whenwegreetsomeone maketheplanofthewholeyear Itisaholidayforthelovers Valentine sDay情人节 onthe14thofFebruary Loversgivethecandy theflowersorothergiftstoeachother Abouquet b ke t ofredrose Aboxofchocolate Valentine sDay情人节 More information Duringthethirdcentury Valentine 瓦伦丁 servedinRome KingClaudiusII 克劳迪亚斯二世 outlawed 宣布 不合法 marriageforyoungmen Valentine realizingtheunfairnessoftherule disobeyedandcontinuedtoperformmarriagesinsecret However hewasdiscoveredandwasputtodeathonFebruary14thA D 270 FromA D 496on February14thwasestablishedasadaytohonorValentine BR ValentineTraditions picture2 Ifyouhalveanappleandcounthowmanyseedsareinside youwillalsoknowhowmanychildrenyouwillhave InWales woodenlovespoonswerecarvedandgivenasgiftsonFebruary14th Hearts keysandkeyholes 锁眼 werefavoritedecorationsonthespoons Thedecorationmeant Youunlockmyheart EasterDay复活节 thefirstSundayafterthefullmoonthatoccursonorsoonestafter21March UsuallybetweenMarch22andApril25 putonthenewclothes makealotofeggsandcolorthem theparentshidetheeggsandthechildrenlookfortheeggs EasterDay复活节 复活节 圣经 新约全书 记载 耶稣被钉死在十字架上 第三天身体复活 复活节因此得名 复活节是基督宗教最重大的节日 重要性超过圣诞节 宗教起源与节期在欧美各国 根据西方教会的传统 在春分节 3月21日 当日见到满月或过了春分见到第一个满月之后 遇到的第一个星期日即为复活节 东方教会则规定 如果满月恰好出现在这第一个星期日 则复活节再推迟一周 因此 节期大致在3月22日至4月25日之间 AprilFool sDay愚人节 Itisadaytoplayjokesonothers onthe1stofApril Inmanycountries peoplealwaysmakefunoftherelatives friends workmates Theysaysomethingfoolish butnoonecares Ifsomeonegetsangryinthejoke he shewouldbecalledafool ItissaidthatthisfestivaloriginatedinFrance WhentheFrenchfirstadoptedtheGregorian 罗马教皇格列高利的 calendarin1564 somepeoplecontinuedtousetheoldcalendartocelebratetheNewYear sDayonApril1 ThesepeoplewerecalledAprilFools ThecustomofplayingtricksonthisdaybecamepopularinFranceandthenspreadtomanyothercountries More information Funmaking Mother sDay母亲节 onthatday childrenusuallygivetheirmotherwithcards presents andflowers Butmostofpeopleliketogivetheirmotherscarnations ThesecondSundayofMay Father sDay父亲节 onthethirdSundayinJune OnFather sDay Childrenwillgivetheirfathersomepresentsandthebestwishes October31st Halloween Halloween万圣节前夕 onthe31stofOctober usuallydressupinstrangeandfrighteningclothesandgotoparties makepumpkinlanterns childrenplaygames Trickortreat DayofGhost pumpkinlanterns Trickortreat Amaninmask ThanksgivingDayfourthThursdayofNov ThanksgivingDay感恩节 onthefourthThursdayofNovember givethanksforthegoodthings havedinnerwiththefamily cookturkey In1620 thesettlersontheMayflower seekedaplacewheretheycouldhavefreedom Afteratwo monthvoyagetheylandedatalandinNovember Duringtheirfirstwinter overhalfofthesettlersdiedofstarvationorillness Thosewhosurvivedbegansowinginthefirstspring Thewholesummertheywaitedfortheharvestswithgreatanxiety knowingthattheirlivesandthefutureofthecolonydependedonthecomingharvest Eventuallytheygotagoodharvest SothisistheoriginofThanksgivingDay Historicalbackground Mayflower ship Christmas圣诞节 onthe25thofDecember usuallyhaveabigdinnerwiththefamily decorateChristmastrees Goshoppingandgivepresentstoeachother December25thisChristmasDayonwhichJesusChristwasborn ItisthebiggestdayfortheChristians Christmas Dec 25th Discussion WhatkindsoftraditionalfestivalsorlegalholidaysarethereinChina Whichwesternfestivalsdoyoulikebest Why SpringFestivalThefirstdayofChineselunaryear LanternFestival Tomb sweepingDayQingMingFestivalApr 5th DragonBoatFestival ChineseValentine sDay NationalDay